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What does that mean? If we want to save the money we collectively spend for their healthcare, should we also force people to do exercise? IIRC (cannot find the
by sershe 3y ago
What does that mean? If we want to save the money we collectively spend for their healthcare, should we also force people to do exercise? IIRC (cannot find the source right now) smokers who exercise are healthier than those doing neither, but in any case the effects are comparable.
- staunton 3y agoYou seem to be asking about the point to health insurance. Generally, the point of insurance is to guard against big but unlikely risks. Health insurance legitimately falls into that category. Saving money collectively pn health insurance involves incentivizing to live more healthy lives.
- sershe 3y agoI was literally asking what GP meant: "> Who are you (not you personally, but anyone) to decide how others should live their lives? Someone who wants to socialize your health." Does that mean that socialized medicine justifies restricting health choices? To me, that is an argument against socialized medicine, and also the point I was trying to make is, where do we stop? We could force people to exercise and monitor them via a little camera built into a device with a screen ;)